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Subchapter I. Office and Duties
§ 4301. Appointment of notaries in general; qualifications; revocation [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) In addition to the notaries public authorized to be...
§ 4301. Commission as a notary public; qualifications; oath; denial of, refusal to renew, revocation of, suspension of, or condition on commission; no immunity or benefit [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) In addition to an individual authorized to be appointed...
§ 4303. Appointment of certain officers as notaries; term. - The Governor shall appoint every person who is appointed to...
§ 4304. Appointment of notary for each bank or branch. - The Governor shall appoint 1 notary public for each trust...
§ 4305. Appointment of court reporters as notaries public. - The Governor may, upon the request of the Chief Justice...
§ 4306. Appointment of notaries for certain service organizations; limited governmental notaries; limitations [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) The Governor may, upon the request of the department...
§ 4306. Appointment of notaries for certain service organizations; limited governmental notaries; limitations [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) The Governor may, upon the request of the department...
§ 4307. Term of office; fees; resignation [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) Notaries public shall be initially commissioned for the term...
§ 4307. Term of office; fees; resignation [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) An individual is to be initially commissioned as a...
§ 4308. Oath [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - The notaries and resident electronic notaries shall severally take and...
§ 4308. Oath of office [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - A notary public shall take and subscribe the oath or...
§ 4311. Fees for services [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) The maximum fee a notary public can charge for...
§ 4311. Fees for services [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) The maximum fee a notary public may charge for...
§ 4312. Special fee provisions for certain services to members of the armed forces and to veterans; penalties; jurisdiction of justices of peace. - (a) No notary public or other person who is authorized...
§ 4313. Commission; signature of Governor; seal [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) The commission appointing a notary public or electronic notary...
§ 4313. Commission; signature of Governor; seal [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) The commission appointing a notary public must be in...
Subchapter II. Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4321. Definitions [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Acknowledgment” shall mean a...
§ 4322. Notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) In taking an acknowledgment, the notarial officer must determine,...
§ 4323. Notarial acts — Acts in this State [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act may be performed within this State...
§ 4324. Notarial acts — Acts in other jurisdictions of the United States [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act has the same effect under the...
§ 4325. Notarial acts — Acts under federal authority [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act has the same effect under the...
§ 4326. Foreign notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act has the same effect under the...
§ 4327. Certificate of notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate...
§ 4328. Short forms [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient...
§ 4329. Electronic certificate of authority [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) Form of evidence of authority of electronic notarial act....
§ 4315. Short title [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - This subchapter may be cited as the “Revised Uniform Law...
§ 4316. Definitions [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Acknowledgment” means a declaration...
§ 4317. Authority to perform notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized...
§ 4318. Requirements for certain notarial acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a...
§ 4319. Personal appearance required [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - Except as provided under § 4320 of this title, if...
§ 4320. Notarial act performed for remotely located individual [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Communication technology” means...
§ 4321. Identification of individual [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity...
§ 4322. Authority to refuse to perform notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial...
§ 4322A. Signature if individual unable to sign [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - If an individual is physically unable to sign a record,...
§ 4323. Notarial act in this State [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act may be performed in this State...
§ 4324. Notarial act in another state [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act performed in another state has the...
§ 4325. Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act performed under the authority and in...
§ 4326. Notarial act under federal authority [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act performed under federal law has the...
§ 4327. Foreign notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) In this section, “foreign state” means a government other...
§ 4328. Certificate of notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate....
§ 4329. Short form certificates [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient...
§ 4330. Official stamp of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - The official stamp of a notary public must meet all...
§ 4331. Stamping device of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notary public is responsible for the security of...
§ 4332. Journal of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notary public shall maintain a journal in which...
§ 4333. Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record; selection of technology; acceptance of tangible copy of electronic record [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A notarial officer may select 1 or more tamper-evident...
§ 4334. Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or impose a condition on a commission of notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) The Governor may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend,...
§ 4335. Database of notaries public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - The Secretary of State shall maintain an electronic database of...
§ 4336. Prohibited acts of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) A commission as a notary public does not authorize...
§ 4337. Validity of notarial acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - Except as otherwise provided in § 4317(b) of this title,...
§ 4338. Regulatory authority [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) The Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement...
§ 4339. Notary public commission in effect [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - A commission as a notary public in effect on August...
§ 4340. Applicability; savings clause [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) This subchapter applies to a notarial act performed on...
§ 4341. Uniformity of application and construction [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 4342. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - This subchapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...